Can anyone please help me when I go to put pram up for some reason it won't stay up as soon as I start pushing it it goes down please someone help love this pram thanks

THIS BUGGY IS DANGEROUS! If you are considering buying this buggy to push around 2 children, this is not the buggy to buy, it would be a good design if the developers had understood physics and put wider wheels on the front, as it stands, the buggy becomes too heavy and the wheels block, get stuck on slight uneven surfaces, this causes the spokes of the wheels to crack and bend the wheels to breaking point. The reason I say this is a dangerous buggy: I have already had quite a few tumbles with both my children in this buggy, this has happened just casually walking on regular city pavements, taking the kids out for the day or to nursery, whilst pushing the buggy at a normal pace, the wheels get stuck and the buggy tumbles forwards and if you are not careful, you tumble over the buggy, VERY DANGEROUS for a pregnant lady, a weaker or elderly pushchair handler. Please take this seriously.

I have only used this pram a handful of times but is really good, very easy to push and looks very stylish, easy to convert from lie down to sit up.

The basket at the bottom is really useful and fits lots in. easy to fold down and fits into any car. My Daughter loves sleeping in it when out as it is really comfatable.

at first i thought is was unsteady but it is the suspension and it does help baby to rock to sleep, you can also use the carry cot as a moses basket if your sleeping out saves one less thing to bring, all in all a good buy.

We bought this pram in 2009 from the M & P outlet shop & our daughter loves it. There is plenty of room for her when she lies flat. She is nearly 2 now & we have never had any problems with it. I've been able to fit a large amount of shopping in the basket, its a dream to push. It fits perfectly in our Peugeot 206. My friend recently had a baby & also bought the Skate pram, she also only has positive reports about it.

my daughter is only ten weeks but so far i have not had a problem with it.
i did find the skate very expensive but i loved the sturdy looking frame and deep comfy looking cot. the 'rain cover' doesnt actually cover the whole of the pram, and being a shower proof pram is not really enough when it rains as much as it does where i live! you can fit lots of things in the 'basket', plenty of room there.
i do find it a little wobbly though, the carry cot doesnt seem stable on the frame, and i am a bit dissapointed that you dont get a foot muff with it, and the ones i have bought are all too wide for it. And i cant find a sun parasol that will fit the frame!
but, i was aware of all these 'cons' before i bought it, and i still bought it and i love it!

This a awful buggy, one that im now having alot of problems replacing, first off the sticky brake!! very inconvenient as it seems to do it even though it could of just been working, now it seems the pin that is on the crib part that clicks into the frame has got stuck in the frame so i cant even connect the car seat, as i do not drive walking is my only means of travel..... im very disappointed with the skate

I love the Skate especially in pram mode. My daughter has always been very comfortable in it from birth to now(20 months old). Pros: no need for separate carrycot, front or rear facing, good suspension, stylish. Cons: Only compatible with mamas and papas car seat which I hated as they are so heavy, no viewing panel in hood and no parasol to fit only a big screen which I didn't want. I personally prefer the baby to lie flat so only used the car seat on it twice when literally popping in somewhere. It seems to be at a reduced price at least a few times a year so get it then rather than full price. This is a large system but I am so pleased I got it over the Bugaboo as still plenty of space. I am looking forward to having another baby so I can put it back in pram mode!

My Daughter and Son-in-law purchased the Mama and Papas Skate Pram for their Baby earlier this year (2010) I had taken my Grandson out in it several times previously. I did not like the way it felt when pushed. It felt insecure and wobbly. I also found it almost impossible to lift up and down kerbs, its heavy and difficult to manouvre. However worse was to come, I was pushing the poor little lad down a ramp to cross the road, when the whole pram overbalanced. The reason for this was a, the ramp had beed poorly maintained,and b, The Balance and construction of the pram is wrong.The pram should NOT have gone over in the way that it did! My Daughter saw what happened and confirmed my opinion. Luckily the Baby was not harmed, but I was. In trying to keep the pram upright I sustained bruised knees, and pulled the muscles in my ribcage. Two weeks later I am still in pain. It could have been much worse.I am not an old lady and I weigh 10st 6lbs, so its not that I am elderly or frail.

I bought the Skate last June, and had nightmare after nightmare with this pram. When we opened it all up to put it together we noticed all the hood was frayed around the edges took weeks to get another replacement. Then about a month into using the pram the lie down mechanism started to stick and then just fall backwards when it was in lie down position. To top it all off when my son was about 6 months old the handlebar come completely off the pram whilst I was crossing the road! making him roll into oncoming traffic! the service I recieved was absolutly disgusting from the company also, not even giving me a straight refund even when I came into the store with sellotape around the broken handle, and even after I had explained what had happened (Bearing in mind it had been taken in for repair 5 times, and the stand in buggy I was given the first time was covered in vomit and urine which hadnt even been cleaned up!). My advice is to steer clear if you want safe reliable products and service

the newer ones may not have this problem but i have the skate in grape colour which is now a disconitnued fabric. i was off to a good start with it, easy to manouvre, cosy for my newborn, i can even fit my big for his age 2 year old in the seat unit so i thought i was definately going to get my moneys worth.

now i have a double which i use most of the time so pram has only really been used to sleep baby in in the day. problems that have arisen, frame is coming apart at join, front left wheel judders if walk faster than 1mph, veers even when tyres are correctly pumped up, fabrics are fraying round the hood, and the unit has become increasingly wobbly which my 9lb 7oz 3 month old baby can rock every time she moves

rang m&p only to be told i would have to take it into my nearest store (40 miles away) for it to be sent in for repair, i dont drive, i have a newborn and toddler, how they expect this to happen i dont know, it a fault with the product, not mine so why should i have to do the running around. appauling customer service

DO NOT BUY THIS PUSHCHAIR!
Mamas and Papas skate

I bought the skate for my daughter on the advice of the people in the Mamas and papas shop and thought it was great until m y daughter grew out of it aged 7months.

The head space for the baby is minimal meaning that once the child reaches about 7 months they can no longer sit comfortably in the chair. My daughters head sits at a strange angle so she is not able to sleep comfortably in the buggy.

For the amount of money it costs to buy this pram new I think it's absolutely criminal that mamas and papas are allowed to sell it at all. They state that it will fit from birth to 15kg which is around 3-4 years old. I have reached nowhere near that. The cost of this buggy was £600 new. An extortianate price for a badly designed product.

Please take my advice and don't waaste your money.

We have been highly disapppointed with the Skate pushchair. It looks the part, very stylish and trendy, but thats where its good points stop.

In brief, we have found the following;

Your babies bottom sits on the straps when you place them in and handling a baby whilst trying to untangle and fasten straps at the same time is very difficult

The pushchair has almost tipped over a few times whilst crossing road kerbs etc

The raincover is very difficult to zip on and does not go over the hood. We found out later that the hood is only shower proof - lets hope we don't get caught in a heavy downpour!!!

There is no zip / fastener at bottom of our babies toes so we are always losing socks, toys etc whilst out walking (not to mention draughts).

Unfastening the cover is almost impossible as the clip is behind the bar.

The elastic band (instead of a basket) holds very little and has left me dangling bags on my arms whilst trying to manoeuvre the pushchair.

Definitely not worth the money!

The Mamas & Papas Skate is lovely to push and very easy to manoveur around shops. It is also very cosy in Winter and the various recline positions and rearward or forward facing options are brilliant. However, the brake has a tendency to stick on ours but a good dose of WD40 has fixed that. It is also unbelievably frustrating that no parasols fit this pushchair, not even the universal ones you can buy as the frame is so thick. As my daughter has very fair colouring, a parasol is essential and so we are having to buy a summer stroller earlier than we intended. It is also very bulky - nothing much else fits in our boot.